Malaria is the leading cause of death in Tanzania, killing 100,000-125,000 people
annually, the majority of which are children under five. Environmental conditions play an
important role in transmission of the disease, ...

In 2005, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. released a development plan for open pit and
underground copper and gold mining of the Oyu Tolgoi porphyry deposits in Mongolia’s
Gobi desert. Ivanhoe refers to the project as the largest ...

While it may be difficult to prove that children, as well as people of all ages, are spending less time in nature than in past decades, few people will argue that indoor attractions, often related to the television or the ...

Environmental justice is understood as the disproportionate distribution of environmental harms, primarily in low-income communities of color. Much of the literature on environmental justice focuses on the challenges these ...

<p>Background: Intimate partner violence is a global burden that disproportionately affects women and has more severe outcomes in women as well. Our objective was to explore the epidemiologic profile for intimate partner ...

<p>Background:</p><p>Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability. TBI patients in low and middle- income countries (LMIC) have twice the odds of death than in high-income countries. There is ...

<p>Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and this burden is increasing exponentially and will surpass many other diseases by 2020. The burden of TBI rests primarily in low and ...

<p>Low-dose ionizing radiation (LDIR) exposure (under 10.0 centigray (cGy)) from man-made sources, such as diagnostic imaging, predominates in the US population and comprises nearly 50% of an average individual's yearly ...

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We know that our lifestyle choices and experiences can influence our health: the food we eat, the environment we live in, and the social relationships ...

<p>The centromere is essential for chromosome segregation and genome stability. It is the site of kinetochore assembly and chromosome attachment to the spindle microtubules, and it is important for chromosome movement ...

<p>Soft matter systems exhibiting spatially modulated patterns on a mesoscale are characterized by many long-lived metastable phases for which relaxation to equilibrium is difficult and a satisfactory thermodynamic description ...

<p>Background: Universal healthcare has been promoted by organizations including the World Health Organization and United Nations as a means of ensuring healthcare access for vulnerable populations. Despite momentum towards ...

<p>A blood draw is one of the most readily accessible, commonly practiced medical procedures with biomarker utility. In particular, transcriptome signatures of blood cells provide valuable insights into the developmental ...

<p>This dissertation studies applied econometric problems in volatility estimation and CDS pricing. The first chapter studies estimation of loss given default from CDS spreads for U.S. corporates. This paper combines a ...

<p>The essays in applied microeconomics contained within this dissertation examine prices in the developing economy contexts of Indonesia and the Philippines. Prices, observed and unobserved, are determined by and incentivize ...

<p>My dissertation focuses on employing microeconomic techniques to study markets and questions that are important and complex, and also have potential policy implications. Two of my chapters analyze the health industry ...

<p>The three essays in this dissertation explore the role of fluctuations in aggregate volatility and global temperature as sources of systemic risk. </p><p>The first essay proposes a production-based asset pricing model ...